A new exhibition is to be launched on 8th September celebrating the wonderful work of Victoria Wood.

Victoria was born in Bury, and lived locally whilst attending Bury Grammar School. Some of Victoria’s school work will feature in the exhibition, including a story entitled ‘Pardon?’, exam certificates and school reports.

Early scripts, along with Victoria’s handwritten notes for the song and lyrics for ‘Fashion’ (the song performed during New Faces 1974) will be available to view.

Also on display will be: –

awards

photos

Kimberley’s friend’s yellow beret

costumes

scripts including ‘Wood & Walters’, ‘An Audience With’, ‘As Seen On TV’, Pat and Margaret will be on display.

Victoria was famously known for her BBC sketch Acorn Antiques and the comedy Dinnerladies.

The exhibition will run until September 2019. Don’t miss the chance for this rare opportunity to view such amazing pieces.

HEAD FOR THE HILLS

The award-winning family festival, Head For The Hills, returns for it’s 8th year on 14th, 15th and 16th September.

Surrounded by beautiful panoramic views of rolling Lancashire hills, this fun-filled family friendly festival, is renowned for showcasing exciting new music, alongside world-class headliners, as well as its great taste in food and drink.

Headliners

This year, headliners include: –

Slow Readers Club

The Bluetones

The Boomtown Rats

The Lovely Eggs

Stealing Sheep plus much more

Friday 14th September

The Slow Readers Club will open the festival in style on the Friday, with a double headliner spectacular. They will be accompanied by underground surreal-psych punk rock Lancaster duo, The Lovely Eggs, and Manchester post-punk three piece LIINES.

Saturday 15th September

The Bluetones will head up an eclectic day full of music and arts with, Stealing Sheep, Barry Hyde (of The Futureheads), Alice Jemima and returning North East Newcastle folk rockers Holy Moly & The Crackers

Sunday 16th September

On Sunday, legendary Dublin rock band The Boomtown Rats will fulfill the legendary closing set. With a career spanning four decades and fronted by legendary Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof, the band announced in 2017 that they plan to release their first album in over thirty years and are set to close the family festival in style with the final headline show of the weekend.

Family Fun

With an inclusive family focused ethos, a relaxed atmosphere and an impressive arts programme, Head For The Hills has maintained a strong reputation as a great festival for parents and children.

Kid friendly highlights include: –

Performing Arts

Workshops

Face painting

Arts & crafts

Theatre shows –

Walkabout comedy

Installations

The event also has a fully dedicated baby changing tent, and is easily accessible for prams and strollers.

Theatre Shows

The shows at the event are set to include: –

Travelling Light Circus

Showcasing installations including the ‘Pendulum Wave Machine’ and new production, ‘The Playground of Illusions’, a collection of ‘giant toys’ that each contains a visual or auditory illusion; these toys are placed in an area that festival goers will be free to wander around and explore.

Mufti’s L_ve Hangman

A life-sized, 3D version of the timeless pen and paper favourite with a catchy original soundtrack, tongue-in-cheek puppetry and awful dress sense, L_ve Hangman is set to bring a huge amount of interactive fun to the weekend.

A Bird In Hand Theatre

A Bird In Hand Theatre will be offering a sweet and gentle alternative piece of puppet theatre called ‘Special Delivery’, which is a show without words that appeals to both adults and children, blending beautiful puppetry with a good dollop of silliness.

Dizzy O’Dare

Topping off the theatre programme will be ‘Baba Yaga’s House’ a new unique and bizarre walkabout from contemporary circus theatre company Dizzy O’Dare.

Pendulum Wave Machine from Travelling Light Circus at Enchanted Parks

Workshops

There will be some exciting interactive workshops, including a new playful, physical comedy workshop by Shifting Sands Theatre called THE FILM KREW, where families can help re-create epic films such as Spartacus, Star Wars, Gone With The Wind as you’ve never seen them before.

Manchester and Bury collective, Gang Of Five, will be setting up their spectacular ‘ART-tillery Tent’ at the festival – a special art studio space, that is set to inspire festival goers’ artistic flare with exciting and interesting arty sessions inspired by the whole Head for the Hills experience including creating a Monster Head Army, making your own festival Zine and lively figure drawing with a difference.

Food & Drink

The festival will feature a wide variety of food stalls and beverage tents offering a range of locally-sourced produce including its very own beer festival, organised by festival partners, Hollinworth & Price and Silver Street Brewing Co. The beer extravaganza will be a celebration of the region’s brewing talent with over 30 cask ales from across the North West.

Tickets

Tickets are now on sale for the event, which is organised by The Met in association with Blueprint Studio and Scruff of the Neck.

Ticket prices start at £40 for a day ticket and £100 for a weekend ticket, with discounts for children and families.

A new TV series is set to include people from the Ramsbottom area

Studio Lambert, the makers of BAFTA winning Gogglebox and Four in a Bed, are developing a brand new series and would love to speak to anyone living in Ramsbottom. This new series will celebrate community spirit, and they are really keen to speak to any great characters who live in Ramsbottom.

At this stage, it would just be an informal chat with the producer, so if you live in Rammy or have a great story about the town please contact James on james.alexander@studiolambert.com.

The UK’s first open air cinema designed for kids will be showing hit films this Summer at Heaton Park from 23rd to 28th August.

There will also be a full bar serving food and drink so you can enjoy the event with a glass of something cold and bubbly. The Luna Kids Bar will also be serving soft drinks, healthy juices and water. There will be plenty of tasty gourmet food options available too.

Brand new to Radcliffe – a full time pre-school Forest School Nursery.

Kids adVentures, an already established nursery in Radcliffe, are expanding to offer a dedicated pre-school forest school site within 5 minutes walking distance of their nursery.

Here, 3 and 4 year olds will have the opportunity to learn within a safe and enclosed outdoor environment full time, led by a fully qualified forest school leader.

Overview

This dedicated pre-school forest school opened in August 2018.

The ‘family approach’ of the nursery works, not only for the children who attend, but also their families. Group sizes are kept small so that care can be on a personal level, tailored to meet the needs and interests of your child/children.

The nursery offers a safe and enclosed space for outdoor learning. Led by a forest school leader, alongside fully qualified nursery staff, the children learn through different outdoor adventures everyday.

The nursery itself caters for children from 3 months to 5 years old, with the full time forest school provision available for 3-5 years olds.

Government funded places are available and childcare vouchers are accepted.

Aim

Facilities

Baby Room (3 months to 2 years) – Babies are cared for by a team that specialise in care for the under 2’s. The room is designed in black and white to encompass babies in a safe, soothing, stress-free environment, whilst keeping their brains alert.

Lower Toddlers (2 years to 2.5 years) – A large, stimulating space designed as a home from home environment to encourage little ones to grow, encourage independent play and explore confidently.

Upper Toddlers (2.5 years to 3 years) – A warm and welcoming environment with a varied activity programme. There is a wide variety of equipment to encourage exploration, stimulation and learning.

Pre-school (3 – 5 years) – A spacious and exciting area designed to prepare child for starting school. Activities in the room aim to develop speaking, listening, early reading and fine motor skills.

Nutrition

The nursery’s chef designs tasty and nutritious meals made daily using fresh ingredients. Menus have achieved the Golden Apple Award which meets the high standards of nutrition and dental health.

Activities

Some of the activities at the nursery include: –

Forest school

Swimming sessions

Move and Groove

Sing and Sign

Cooking sessions

Nature walks

Learn Spanish

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Forest School Holiday Club

The Forest School also runs holiday clubs so your child can remain in the familiar environment they are used to. With activities including den making, mini beasting, clay creatures and nature walks, the kids are sure to have fun-filled days to remember.

Get the Summer holidays FREE! If you book your child to join the Radcliffe Nursery with a funded place from September, the nursery will refund your holiday club payment once your child starts in September.

New – Forest School Holiday Club in Radcliffe

Kids adVentures specialise in outdoor education and have recently opened their second Forest School in Radcliffe. Open to 4-12 year olds in school holidays and as a dedicated pre-school in term time, this is a modern way of learning, utilising nature and the outdoors as an inspirational classroom.

Here a fully qualified childcare team, headed by a Forest School leader, run a variety of outdoor activities from den making, and mini beast hunts to nature crafts and animal habitats.

The Forest School meets at the Kids adVentures Radcliffe Nursery on Sandford Street, where they walk 5 minutes to the full enclosed Forest School site.

The Forest School site has shelter and full facilities meaning that the children can enjoy the site all day long.

Rachel Doyle, Nursery Manager at Kids adVentures says: “The children love being outdoors, being in the open space really inspires the children to use their imagination to learn and play. The children naturally build communication and teamwork skills from doing activities like den making and they increase their confidence in general from trying new things.”

At the end of the day the group heads back to the nursery base where parents can pick up from 4.30pm onwards.

Opening Times

The holiday club is open from Monday 30th July through to Friday 31st August, from 7.30am to 6pm daily.

Suitable for ages 4-12 years

Prices

This Summer we are offering a number of special introductory offer prices –

Day rate = £20 per day

Week rate = £90 per week (discounted by 10%) limited availability

5 week offer = £400 Summer ( discounted by 20%) limited availability

Get the Summer holidays FREE If you book your child to join us at our Radcliffe Nursery with a funded place from September we will refund your holiday club payment once your child joins us in September.

What’s included?

Snacks are included. All children must bring a packed lunch.

Childcare Vouchers

We accept all childcare vouchers.

Who runs the Forest School?

Kids adVentures is a not for profit childcare provider that runs nurseries and Forest Schools across Greater Manchester. The sessions are all run by fully qualified Forest School Leaders. The team are all fully qualified in childcare and have up to date first aid qualifications. The site is risk assessed daily before the children go to Forest School.